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- Estimate
- £400–£600 hammer ≈ $730–$1,094
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Art d'Asie, Paris · 12 June 2005
- Dimensions
- 16½ x 23¼ in. (42 x 59 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4885523
- Record
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William Edward Norton, Scavenging the foreshore for wreckage. Christie's, 12 Jun 2005, lot 89. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4885523.
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William Edward Norton, Scavenging the foreshore for wreckage. Christie's, 12 Jun 2005, lot 89. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4885523.
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|---|---|---|---|
| A capriccio of an obelisk and a classical temple; and A capriccio of … | Jacob Van Der Ulft | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| On the beach at Scheveningen | Edward Henry Bearne (b.1844) | £200–£400 | |
| The lifeboat rescue | English School, 19th Century | £1,000–£1,500 | |
| H.M.S. Ocean in a typhoon off Japan, 7th-8th September, 1902 | Chinese School | £400–£500 | |
| Chine, Dynastie Qing, Xixeme Siecle | ELEMENT DE SCEPTRE EN JADE BLANC | €800–€1,200 | |
| The escape of H.M.S. Calliope from Apia Harbour, Samoa, during the hu… | William Lionel Wyllie, Ra | £200–£300 |
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